Search Results

1. New Crime Study finds a range of feelings about the criminal justice system

   ...Social Wellbeing and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System. The majority of New Zealanders believe the Police and groups that support victims are doing a good job, and they have a high level of trust in them. However, they have less-positive views of probation officers, criminal lawyers, the prison service, judges and juries. The study was generated from data provided by the Ministry of Justice’s 2019 New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. The research revealed some significant disparitie...

   Located in:

   1. About >
   2. News & media >
   3. News

2. David Bain response from Justice Binnie [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...evidence are to be examined individually but the ultimate decision should only be reached looking at all the relevant evidence cumulatively. At the "second stage" , he says, "it is necessary to assess the cumulative effect of combining the probative force of all the items" (p 23). His analysis is based on criminal cases ( see eg para 44 where he quotes a bunch of criminal precedents and, amongst other things, a paper he delivered to a Criminal Law Conference in Auckland...

3. Auckland Standards Committee v RDM [2015] NZLCDT 26 [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...the estate would not be straightforward. There was little or no money to meet executorship charges and ongoing management fees regarding the life tenancy. Guardian Trust initiated correspondence and discussion about renouncing its right to probate and administration of the will. It eventually did so on 13 July 2004. [14] Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed were eventually granted on 11 July 2013 to CEF, the youngest son of EPF and the widow. The Practitioner’s Rol...

4. FITZGERALD Kelly Marie (CSU 2009 ROT 000369) [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...marriage (or Civil Union) can be presumed dead if the Court is satisfied that the missing person is dead. 6 [23] The High Court under its 2009 Rules, may also make an order that a person be presumed dead for the purposes of granting Probate. [24] There is wide power however to Coroners within their Jurisdiction to determine on the basis of the evidence presented whether or not a person is dead. [25] The situation of missing persons and presumption of death is w...

5. LCRO 195/2014 MC v GK (28 May 2018) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...Committee did not consider there had been undue delay in administering the estate: 9 BI v CW LCRO 23/2012 (12 September 2012). 8 • Mr MC received advice of Mrs GK’s death on 12 June 2009. • Probate was granted on 14 August 2009. • It was necessary to allow a period of 12 months from the grant of Probate to elapse to allow for any Family Protection claims. • The property could not be sold until Mr GK advised he wou...

6. [2020] NZREADT 07 - Deng - Ruling (25 February 2020) [pdf, 160 KB]

   ...receives sufficient evidence to be able to perform its role properly.10 The requirement that the expert opinion evidence must be likely to provide “substantial help” to the fact-finder is a higher threshold than the expert simply providing probative information, and will depend in the relevance, reliability, and probative value of the expert’s opinion.11 [30] We have not been provided with a statement of the evidence sought to be given by Mr Crews. The only indication given...

7. PPM 2024 Key Results [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...Disability (%) Victimisation (%) 15-29 30-64 65 years and over European Māori Pacific peoples Asian LGBTQ+ Gay or lesbian Bisexual Transgender Disabled Not a victim Victim of one or more crimes Highly victimised Probation officers 47.2 52.5 46.5 44.9 44.3 45.4 50.0 57.8* 44.1 45.0 41.4 39.8 43.9 49.3 42.4 32.3* The Parole Board 42.3 45.7 42.8 38.3 37.9* 38.3 49.7 56.0* 38.7 36.3 38.7 42.2 36.8 44.9 36.4* 28.4* The prison service 44.8 45.0 44.5...

8. Bullent v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 54 (30 August 2012) [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...to account for client funds. [34.3] The approach this Tribunal will take is that it would not unnecessarily use evidence in one complaint to support another complaint. However, multiple complaints which involve strikingly similar features may be probative evidence when the Tribunal determines whether there was systematic dishonesty, incompetence, or a set of circumstances amounting to an innocent explanation. That of course would depend on finding patterns of repeat behaviour. [34.4]...

9. McLaren v Standing [2012] NZIACDT 56 (30 August 2012) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...account for client funds. [32.3] The approach this Tribunal would take was that it would not unnecessarily use evidence in one complaint to support another complaint. However, multiple complaints which involve strikingly similar features may be probative evidence when the Tribunal determines whether there was systematic dishonesty, incompetence, or a set of circumstances amounting to an innocent explanation. [32.4] At that point, subject to further submissions, the Tribunal put Mr Stan...

10. 2022-NZPSPLA-22.pdf [pdf, 96 KB]

    ...of approval (COA). [2] The Police have not provided a copy of Mr Gray’s criminal and traffic history to prove his convictions or sentence and did not attend the hearing. Mr Gray however accepts that he was convicted on the offences and his probation officer confirmed that his sentence included a term of intensive supervision. Mr Gray also advises the judge imposed a curfew that would allow him to continue to work in security. [3] Mr Gray has accordingly applied for waiver of...